dapple-grey
/'dæpl'grei/
Definition
- Noun:
- A horse with a grey coat that has a mottled pattern of darker grey markings: "dapple-grey" refers specifically to a horse whose base grey color is marked with rounded, cloudy spots or patches of a darker grey shade.
Usage
- The term is used primarily as a noun to describe a horse with this specific coat color pattern. It is a compound word formed from "dapple" (meaning a spot or patch) and "grey" (the color).
Examples
- Noun:
- The princess rode a beautiful dapple-grey.
- He bought a dapple-grey for his stable.
Advanced Usage
- As a color descriptor: While primarily a noun for the horse, the pattern itself can be described as "dapple-grey."
- She admired the dapple-grey coat of the mare.
Variants and Related Words
- Dapple-gray: An alternative spelling, common in American English.
- Dappled grey: A phrasal adjective describing something marked with spots, not limited to horses.
- The dappled grey light filtered through the trees.
Synonyms
- Fleabitten grey: A horse coat color with small, dark specks, though the pattern is different from the larger, cloud-like dapples.
- Dappled horse: A more general term for a horse with a dappled coat, which could be other colors like bay or chestnut.
Related Phrases
- In dapple-grey: Used to specify the color when describing a horse.
- The knight's steed was in dapple-grey.
Noun
-
grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings
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